Andrea Leadsom voices disgust at 'motherhood' interview report

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Andrea Leadsom has prior to now called for “honourable” campaigning

Andrea Leadsom says she is “disgusted” through a newspaper article announcing she prompt being a mother gave her an advantage over Conservative management rival Theresa May Just.

The Instances quoted Mrs Leadsom as pronouncing having children gives “an extraordinarily real stake sooner or later of our us of a”.

But The mother of three tweeted that the way in which the interview used to be mentioned was once “the precise reverse of what I said”.

Past Mrs May, who has no kids, called for a “Easy campaign” pledge.

The paper headlined its entrance-page lead story “Being a mother offers me side on May – Leadsom.”

It quoted the Power minister as announcing Mrs May Just “possibly has nieces, nephews, a whole lot of people. However I Have youngsters who are going to have kids who will immediately be a part of what happens subsequent”.

In Keeping With the Instances, Mrs Leadsom also mentioned: “I Am certain Theresa shall be in reality sad she doesn’t have youngsters so I do not need this to be ‘Andrea has children, Theresa hasn’t’. as a result of I Think that may be truly horrible.”

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In a later commentary Mrs Leadsom said she was “past anger and disgust” on the newspaper’s front web page.

“The reporting of what I said is beneath contempt,” she said.

“In entrance of the Times correspondent and photographer, I made clear repeatedly that nothing I stated will have to be utilized in any solution to counsel that Theresa Won’t having children had any bearing whatever on the leadership election.

“I predict the Occasions to retract the article and the accompanying headline.”

The Instances has now not formally replied to Mrs Leadsom, But The newspaper’s deputy editor, Emma Tucker, tweeted what she mentioned was a transcript from a element of the interview

Mrs May’s campaign workforce declined to comment on the story.

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Theresa May gained the give a boost to of 199 Tory MPs to secure her position in the final two of the ballot

However, Treasury minister David Gauke – who supports Mrs May – stated “an apology is due”.

He tweeted: “I’d like to think this can be a case of verbal clumsiness, now not calculation. If the latter, yuk.”

She informed BBC Radio 5 Reside: “Even the most experienced politicians, even top ministers themselves may also be misquoted, misinterpreted, misunderstood, make some careless phraseology. It happens at all times.”

‘Clean marketing campaign pledge’

It comes after Ms May Just challenged her rival in the race to Downing Side Road to sign up to a “Smooth marketing campaign pledge”.

Mrs Could said both candidates will have to be sure the campaign stays inside “the suitable limits of political debate”.

She said the public was bored with “folks acting like politics is a game” and vowed to position ahead a “certain vision for the long run”, announcing the two of them must also agree to not work with different political parties or their donors.